as in to cross
to make one's way through, across, or over
the spider traversed the wall from end to end
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Recent Examples of traverse
Doug Melville, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
When trans people are so often portrayed as existing in isolation from other people, this documentary is a joy to watch as Harper and Will traverse the country making each other laugh and drinking bad beer.
—Kate Sosin, Them., 27 Mar. 2025
Graham Averill, Outside Online, 4 Feb. 2025
The employment of a multi-hop architecture allows for the rapid traverse of great distances, enabling a single mission to reach multiple geologic units within a timespan conducive to system survival in a harsh radiation environment.
—Evan Ackerman, IEEE Spectrum, 26 June 2020
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Verb
Corporate boardrooms and executive teams will need to traverse this new landscape, by weighing the risks of maintaining their DEI teams and initiatives against the potential fallout of revising their DEI policies—or abandoning their efforts completely.
—Doug Melville, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
When trans people are so often portrayed as existing in isolation from other people, this documentary is a joy to watch as Harper and Will traverse the country making each other laugh and drinking bad beer.
—Kate Sosin, Them., 27 Mar. 2025
Noun
The fastest way to this perch is a 50-mile traverse from Mount Trumbull Schoolhouse.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 4 Feb. 2025
The employment of a multi-hop architecture allows for the rapid traverse of great distances, enabling a single mission to reach multiple geologic units within a timespan conducive to system survival in a harsh radiation environment.
—Evan Ackerman, IEEE Spectrum, 26 June 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for traverse
Verb
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The only way to cross it and not be seen was to first hike a couple of hundred yards toward the lake so that the very pine lot the tom was in would block his view.—
Thomas Weddle,
Outdoor Life,
17 Apr. 2025
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In 2023, there were some days when more than 10,000 people crossed.—
Jason Allen,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2025
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It’s made of soft, lightweight fabric that’s comfortable for travel, errands, and lounging at home this spring.—
Isabel Garcia,
People.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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Baby boomers were discovering an apparently bottomless appetite for outdoor sports and adventure travel.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
18 Apr. 2025
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The device also has a swiveling head that navigates corners, and LED headlights illuminate hidden dust bunnies.—
Clara McMahon,
People.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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Cleaner Heads: Since every home is bound to have some tight spaces and nooks that are hard to reach, most vacuums in this list have motorized brush rolls as well as rotating cleaner heads to thoroughly clean and navigate through your space.—
Terri Williams,
Architectural Digest,
18 Apr. 2025
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Ado is also about to kick off an unprecedented tour that will take her to 33 cities around the world and draw over 500,000 fans, the biggest global trek by a Japanese artist ever.—
Billboard Japan,
Billboard,
10 Apr. 2025
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Nearby trails for hikers include the trek to Kootenai Falls and Swinging Bridge.—
Jim Dobson,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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The two-out homer was followed by a Jonathan Aranda single and a fly ball smashed off the bat of Christopher Morel that Harris hauled in with a leaping, twisting catch in front of the center-field wall.—
David O'Brien,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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Younger brother Tatum followed via surrogate in July 2022.—
Nicholas Rice,
People.com,
13 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Further Medusa mitigation advice from the FBI included: The identification, detection, and investigation of any abnormal activity that could indicate a potential network traversal of the ransomware.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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Environments and traversal are also evolving, seemingly encouraging exploration in a bigger way than ever before.—
Fran Ruiz,
Space.com,
19 Mar. 2025
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Dream Pairs Fisherman Sandals $30 $26 at Amazon Last summer, celebrity mom Katie Holmes made a splash walking around Manhattan in fisherman sandals.—
Claudia Fisher,
Parents,
18 Apr. 2025
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Jesus told the woman to leave her life of sin and walk in a new life of holiness.—
Chris Roemer,
Baltimore Sun,
18 Apr. 2025
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On Sunday’s episode of The Excerpt podcast: On a recent expedition to Antarctica, researchers made a startling discovery after part of a huge ice sheet broke off.—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
14 Apr. 2025
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Isaacman, a superstar of the NewSpace sector, will lead NASA into a new era of celestial expeditions, Kelly forecasts.—
Kevin Holden Platt,
Forbes.com,
12 Apr. 2025
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“Traverse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/traverse. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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